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What we do

The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty, building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for all of us which is firmly in the UK’s national interest. We're ending the need for aid by creating jobs, unlocking the potential of girls and women and helping to save lives when humanitarian emergencies hit.

DFID is a ministerial department, supported by 2 agencies and public bodies.

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UK aid from the British people

The UK aid logo is used widely in the countries where we work, on items such as health clinics, school books and emergency food supplies, to publicly acknowledge development programmes funded by the UK taxpayer.

Our policies

  1. Economic growth in developing countries
  2. Women and girls in developing countries
  3. Humanitarian emergencies
  4. Peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. British High Commission Supports the Reform of Sierra Leone’s Criminal and Seditious Libel Laws

    • Press release

  2. Minister Wharton hails UK’s strong partnership with Rwanda

    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. DFID Humanitarian Policy Consultation

    • Closed consultation

  2. Concessional export finance consultation

    • Consultation outcome

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Apply for full community sponsorship

    • Form

  2. Performance Agreement: UK and the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

    • Policy paper

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Our statistics

  1. Provisional UK official development assistance as a proportion of gross national income: 2015

    • National Statistics

  2. Statistics on International Development 2015

    • National Statistics

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Our ministers

Our management

Contact DFID

Office address (London)

22 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2EG

Please use the above phone number to contact a named member of staff

Office address (East Kilbride)

Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA

Please use the above phone number to contact a named member of staff

DFID general enquiries

We aim to respond to all emails within 15 workings days. Where appropriate, we will forward your email to another government department if they are better placed to respond to your enquiry.

Counter Fraud and Whistleblowing Unit

Head of Internal Audit
Abercrombie House,
Eaglesham Road,
East Kilbride

G75 8EA

Your information will be treated in confidence and you do not have to provide your name, however the provision of such information will assist us in taking forward your concerns.

General media queries

Follow the DFID Media office on Twitter - @DFID_Press

Overseas Pensions Department

Overseas Pensions Department
Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 8EA

We aim to reply within 10 working days. When phoning please ask for Overseas Pensions Department or a named member of staff.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information requests

Information Rights and Public Enquiries Team
Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.